US Ixia overshoots 200-employee mark at Bucharest software centre

Ixia US company, which entered Romania in 2004 by acquiring a firm that had a software development centre in Bucharest, has discreetly got to over 200 employees and a 7m-euro turnover and plans to recruit further, Teodor Ceauşu, manager of the US firm's Romanian operations, told ZF in an interview.

In Romania, Ixia employees are mainly involved in the development of equipment and software testing Internet communication networks. Ixia's clients are equipment producers such as Alcatel Lucent and operators such as Orange, Vodafone or Deutsche Telekom.
Ixia does not currently work with any Romanian equipment producer or communications operator, but the company is trying to expand its sales.
Last year, Ixia reached turnover almost 30m RON (7m euros) in Romania, and this year the company counts on revenues worth 35m RON (over 8m euros).
In 2010, Ixia raised its number of employees by 20% from late 2009 and plans to increase its headcount by a further 6-7% by yearend.